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The backyard of the Vatican, from St. Peter's BIG The Vatican Museums, from St. Peter's BIG The Bernini Colonnade, from St. Peter's BIG The circular staircase leading up to the Vatican museums. It was designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932 BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG Inside the Sistine Chapel, where one isn't supposed to take photos (though I didn't know that; I though they just didn't permit flash) BIG BIG BIG When you're done with the Vatican Museums, walk out the door and jog to the right then half a block down Via Santamaura to the Fonzi Bar (#23), run by the Fonzi family since 1910. They have a <i>tavola calda</i> with good vegetables. If you take a left out of the bar and then another left you'll eventually come to a nice ice cream shop on your left. BIG The statue of Marcus Aurelius at the Campidoglio, being restored under the direction of sculptor Guido Veroi BIG Walking into the Palazzo Nuovo, one of the Capitoline Museums in Rome BIG Bronze of Marcus Aurelius from the 2nd century AD, once in the center of Rome's Campidoglio but now housed in the adjacent Palazzo Nuovo (museum) BIG Newlyweds pose atop Rome's Capitol hill BIG A creche inside Santa Maria in Aracoeli, atop Rome's Capitol hill BIG A creche inside Santa Maria in Aracoeli, atop Rome's Capitol hill BIG The Santa Bambino inside Santa Maria in Aracoeli, atop Rome's Capitol hill. A 15th-century Franciscan monk carved this olive-wood figure of the Christ Child. A sign explains that he lacked paint to decorate the idol so a saint came down and finished it for him. While being transported on a boat, the Bambino was washed overboard but miraculously arrived at its intended destination on its own. The idol is richly attired in fine fabrics and jewels, gifts from people who have been helped by its powers. Sometimes the Bambino is carried to the beds of the gravely ill. If it can help the sick person, the wooden lips turn purple. If not, the lips turn pale. BIG The Santa Bambino inside Santa Maria in Aracoeli, atop Rome's Capitol hill. A 15th-century Franciscan monk carved this olive-wood figure of the Christ Child. A sign explains that he lacked paint to decorate the idol so a saint came down and finished it for him. While being transported on a boat, the Bambino was washed overboard but miraculously arrived at its intended destination on its own. The idol is richly attired in fine fabrics and jewels, gifts from people who have been helped by its powers. Sometimes the Bambino is carried to the beds of the gravely ill. If it can help the sick person, the wooden lips turn purple. If not, the lips turn pale. BIG The Santa Bambino inside Santa Maria in Aracoeli, atop Rome's Capitol hill. A 15th-century Franciscan monk carved this olive-wood figure of the Christ Child. A sign explains that he lacked paint to decorate the idol so a saint came down and finished it for him. While being transported on a boat, the Bambino was washed overboard but miraculously arrived at its intended destination on its own. The idol is richly attired in fine fabrics and jewels, gifts from people who have been helped by its powers. Sometimes the Bambino is carried to the beds of the gravely ill. If it can help the sick person, the wooden lips turn purple. If not, the lips turn pale. BIG Detail from the Arch of Titus in the Roman Forum. It commemorates the victories of the Romans over the Jews in AD 68. This relief shows a menorah from the Temple in Jerusalem being hauled back to Rome as booty. BIG The Arch of Titus in the Roman Forum. It commemorates the victories of the Romans over the Jews in AD 68. BIG This creche, smack in the middle of Mussolini's Rome train station, shows that the idea of separation of church and state hasn't caught on in Italy BIG The tomb of Nicolo Machiavelli, in Florence's Santa Croce. BIG The tomb of Michelangelo, in Florence's Santa Croce. BIG Home of Guido Veroi, from left his wife, Mario Valeriani, Veroi, and me BIG Terrier on Florence's Ponte Vecchio BIG Arches in Florence, by the river BIG Moses Receives the Ten Commandments, one of Lorenzo Ghiberti's 10 panels in the east door of Florence's Baptistry (c. 1430) BIG Lorenzo Ghiberti's 10 panels in the east door of Florence's Baptistry (c. 1430) BIG Lorenzo Ghiberti's 10 panels in the east door of Florence's Baptistry (c. 1430) BIG 13th-century mosaics illustrating the Last Judgment, in the ceiling of Florence's Baptistry BIG Cloister in Florence's Santa Croce BIG Cappella de Pazzi, designed by Brunelleschi in 1430, in Florence's Santa Croce BIG A tourist at Florence's Santa Croce BIG A Citroen in a Florence side street BIG BIG Part of the five-story staircase leading to the Uffizi Gallery BIG The crowd at the Uffizi inspects Piero della Francesca's Duke and Duchess of Urbino (1460) BIG The tour groups at the Uffizi mill about the Botticellis BIG I love the dragon in this painting in the Uffizi BIG Halfway through the Uffizi, one comes out into a sunny gallery with a view over the Arno BIG View of the Ponte Vecchio, from the Uffizi Gallery BIG Just another ceiling in the Uffizi Gallery BIG Just another ceiling in the Uffizi Gallery BIG Florence's Piazza della Signoria BIG A main shopping drag in downtown Florence, closed to vehicles BIG Sunset over the Arno (Florence) BIG Canon in the courtyard of Florence's Bargello BIG Stepping on a fish's head is one way to dominate Nature (inside Florence's Bargello) BIG On the second floor of Florence's Bargello BIG Coming down the stairs into the courtyard of Florence's Bargello BIG A tourist photographs Michelangelo's Bacchus, inside Florence's Bargello BIG The interior of the dome of San Lorenzo, where Florence's Medici family built their tombs BIG A gypsy begging on the steps of Florence's San Lorenzo BIG A gypsy begging on the steps of Florence's San Lorenzo BIG The cloister garden inside Florence's San Lorenzo BIG Policemen and horses in the very center of Florence BIG Walking up a side street in Florence BIG Flowers and mopeds in Florence BIG A horse in Florence's Piazza della Signoria, with the Palazzo Vecchio behind BIG On the Ponte Vecchio in the rain BIG A random lion somewhere in Florence BIG The northern part of Florence's center contains a lively street market as well as the covered Mercato Centrale BIG Inside Florence's Mercato Centrale BIG Even dogs have mopeds in Italy BIG Even dogs have mopeds in Italy BIG Even dogs have mopeds in Italy BIG A pastel view from Florence's Boboli Gardens BIG The Porcelain Museum in Florence's Boboli Gardens BIG Florence's Boboli Gardens BIG Workers in Florence's Boboli Gardens BIG Florence's Boboli Gardens (L'Isolotto) BIG Florence's Boboli Gardens (L'Isolotto) BIG Florence's Boboli Gardens (L'Isolotto) BIG Worker in Florence's Boboli Gardens BIG Florence's Boboli Gardens BIG It may look like a fat guy riding a turtle, but it is actually art: Valerio Cioli's 1560 statue in Florence's Boboli Gardens. It shows Pietro Barbino, Cosimo I's court dwarf, as Bacchus. BIG La Grotta Grande in Florence's Boboli Gardens, which contains casts of Michelangelo's Four Prisoners, among other treasures BIG
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